Posts Tagged «Laptop»

Microsoft has decided that new applications developed for its Windows 10 platform will be known as “Windows 10 apps,” while old software built for desktops and laptops will be “Windows desktop applications.” We pine for Metro branding.

With Windows 8.1 out of the way, Microsoft has now begun work on Windows 8.2. According to sources close to the development Windows 8.2, dubbed Threshold, Microsoft will bring Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox One closer together — to the threshold, if you will, of being a fully unified OS. Furthermore, again according to insider sources, Windows 8.2 will introduce a “traditional desktop” SKU that is optimized for mouse-and-keyboard Desktop users and resurrects the original Start menu.

Slow hard drive, terrible screen, bottom-end chip? Call it a “business” laptop! It’s true that low-end laptops will run Office when other functions, are out of the question, that doesn’t mean the experience of using these computers is good. We’ve put together a guide to some of the best laptops for business currently on the market that should help you pick the right system and avoid sorting endless mounds of crap.

Recent talk of a private equity buyout for Dell have sent the stock price soaring, but it’s not clear what the benefit would be. As much as Dell needs a new business strategy, the fundamentals of the company haven’t changed much in recent years.

This is it. Today, Microsoft will release Windows 8, the fat fruit of more than three years of last-gasp labor to produce an operating system that can ensure Microsoft’s continued relevancy in a touch-oriented world. With PC sales stalled, and smartphones and tablets on target to outsell PCs in the next few years, Windows 8 must succeed.

Yesterday’s big announcements from Apple raise many questions. What is the difference between the different MacBook Pros? With these Retina displays, where does this leave the Air? Turns out, the new MacBook Pro is jumping to the front of the pack.

In the Linux world, a war has been raging for a couple years. At stake are the hearts and minds of its user base, the combatants the various distributions of Linux itself. For some time, Ubuntu Linux has been the clear leader in the fight, amassing more users than any other — and then it released Unity.

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